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A Little Eye Candy For You Today: Lovely Juvie “Rorschach” Clarion
Ok, this little six centimeter stunner isn’t actually called a “Rorschach” Clarion (I made that up), but you have to admit his aberrant pattern is reminiscent of the good ol’ fashioned psychological...
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A network of coral health and communication
Most reef aquarists are familiar with coral’s symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae algae. These tiny algae are responsible for providing corals with nutrition, in the form of sucrose which is...
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Hydra Aquatics and Tony’s Vault Launch a More Mindful Wholesale Facility in...
Down in Sunny Dania Beach, Florida, something quite refreshing is rumbling within the trade – a wholesale facility brought to us by Hydra Aquatics International and Tony’s Vault that focuses on the...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #212
These guys are not algae eaters. It’s been a long break but we’re back for first 2015 show. To kick off the year, we talk about feeding algae to Copperbands (not), Bucket-Hand Syndrome, non-natives in...
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Secrets to success: Your aquarium’s food chain
I have a bio-sphere, a small glass orb that I purchased from Amazon. Within it, there is a bio-pellet substrate bottom, marine water, a tiny clump of macro-algae and seven tiny marine shrimp. The...
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Mystery Shark Birth Solved
Researchers, in a paper published last month in The Journal of Fish Biology, believe they have solved the mystery of how a tank containing only three female sharks, led to the birth of a shark pup. In...
View ArticleThe Flame Hawkfish: a Vision in Red
A flame hawkfish (Neocirrhites armatus) perched on rocks while keeping an eye on the aquariumI’ve long been a fan of the hawkfishes, and many a specimen has graced my various tanks over the years—most...
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Marine Mesozoic Revolution
Stalked Crinoid Fossil.Source: www.urweltmuseum.de Throughout geological time, there have been many shifts in marine animal species. Amongst these shifts is a transition known as the Mesozoic Marine...
View ArticleProblem Starfish ‘Smell The Fear’
Thought to be responsible for 40 per cent of coral cover loss in the past 30 years, the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish is without a doubt one of the main threats facing the Great Barrier Reef. But now...
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a new species!
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are looking forward to the year to come. My name is Noel Heinsohn, and I am an aquarist at the Long Island Aquarium. I have been working here...
View ArticleBellevue H.S. Marine Science Lab Expands
The first (of three) coral study and propagation systems before it was filled with saltwater during setup.Last year I introduced you to David Bowers and the incredible marine science classroom...
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Historic Toledo Zoo Aquarium Reopens In March 2015 After Major Renovation
On March 27, 2015, the Toledo Zoo Aquarium will re-open it’s doors after two years and a $25 million dollar renovation. While the historic 1939 exterior remains the same, the interior is new and...
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R/C Plane Crashes on Reef Lending Awesome Footage
While I like to keep my writing directed towards things that will help readers be successful at reef keeping, this one is too good not to share. A man was flying his R/C plane over Osprey Bay in Cape...
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The Reef Table: Ret Talbot and Rich Ross on Sustainability and Conservation
WAIT! Don’t tune out – this will be interesting. Is it a glamorous topic? Not at all. I sat down (giddily) with one Ret Talbot and one Richard Ross to talk about sustainability, conservation and what...
View ArticleMarine Fish Compatibility Concerns You Might Not Have Considered
Fish swimming overhead can make jawfish quite nervousWhen we think of compatibility problems between marine fish, what usually comes to mind is one specimen behaving outright aggressively toward...
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Blast Of Color
Some corals, like the Acropora desalwii above, really add a blast of color to a reef aquarium. This image was taken from the top of the coral, and shows the parts of the specimen that are exposed to...
View ArticleThis Pink and Yellow Blasto is Refreshingly Different
Our blasto kick continues this weeks as we feature another knockout coral, this one from Exotic Reef Creations. This pink and yellow Blastomussa, which we found on found on Reef2Reef, meets all of the...
View ArticleTop 10 Zoanthids and Palythoas for Reef Tanks
My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/coralfish12g http://reefertees.com/ In this CoralFish video I am going to be giving you my list of the top 10 Zoanthids and Palythoas for reef aquariums. I tried my...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #213
Palys are beautiful but palytoxin is dangerous. Use care when fragging or cleaning around palys. Palytoxin leads off our list of topics this week. We also discuss, DJ power strips, Bill Wann’s...
View ArticleHow To Pick Your First Seahorse: 12 Common Seahorse Species Explored
Any number of species of seahorses can be suitable for the right aquarium. Left to right: Hippocampus erectus, Hippocampus barbouri, Hippocampus reidi I’m often asked which species of seahorse...
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